State departments of transportation seeking equipment operators to take on temporary seasonal work have not been able to avoid the driver shortage that the trucking industry grapples with daily.
October 19, 2018Safety
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Transportation businesses face a host of dynamic risk issues that can significantly impact their financial and operational health. The news in this category focuses on the latest safety and security initiatives, resources and regulations and addresses topics that include fleet safety, claims administration, driver hiring and retention, risk management and compliance.
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States Feel Brunt of Driver Shortage in Search for Snowplow Drivers
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Business, Safety
Woodrome celebrates after winning the 2018 NTDC Grand Champion award. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
NTDC Grand Champion Scott Woodrome to Be Honored at MCE
Woodrome celebrates after winning the 2018 NTDC Grand Champion award. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
The country’s top truck driver will be honored at the Management Conference & Exhibition, the annual industry gathering hosted by American Trucking Associations.
October 19, 2018
Government, Business, Safety, Editorial
Editorial: Let’s Be Careful Out There
A character on the 1980s television police drama “Hill Street Blues” had a great catchphrase: “Let’s Be Careful Out There.” They’re also words that ring true today for those who make their living traveling the highways.
October 18, 2018
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
Sygic Introduces Real-Time Driver Behavior Analysis
Sygic, a Slovakia-based mobile navigation company, has unveiled a new driver behavior algorithm designed to motivate drivers to act safer behind the wheel.
October 18, 2018
Government, Business, Safety
Managing Risk in Trucking
As the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration considers revamping its Compliance, Safety, Accountability scoring system, how are fleets managing their risk exposure and their insurance costs? Our Oct. 17 LiveOnWeb program tackles that issue.
October 17, 2018
Government, Business, Safety
Officers perform a roadside inspection. There's more data than ever on carriers' operations, insurance experts say. (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration)
Like Motor Carriers, Truck Insurers Await Changes to Federal CSA Program
Officers perform a roadside inspection. There's more data than ever on carriers' operations, insurance experts say. (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration)
With potentially big changes coming to the federal Compliance, Safety, Accountability program, insurance companies are hoping for a better way to identify unsafe motor carriers in an environment where insurers may be paying out much higher claims under the current system while some carriers are battling skyrocketing premiums.
October 17, 2018
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
PSI's Tim Musgrave talks with line workers Trina Smith (left) and Vanessa Munez. “Without these guys, we’re nothing,” he says of the production staff in San Antonio. (Tom Berg for Transport Topics)
PSI Marks Silver Anniversary by Looking Back, Ahead
PSI's Tim Musgrave talks with line workers Trina Smith (left) and Vanessa Munez. “Without these guys, we’re nothing,” he says of the production staff in San Antonio. (Tom Berg for Transport Topics)
It has been 25 years since a Texas family purchased the patent for a device that would keep truck tires inflated, a move that proved prescient.
October 15, 2018
Government, Safety
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Hurricane Michael Cuts Swath of ‘Unimaginable Destruction’
Gerald Herbert/Associated Press
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — The devastation inflicted by Hurricane Michael came into focus Oct. 11 with rows upon rows of homes found smashed to pieces, and rescue crews began making their way into the stricken areas in hopes of accounting for hundreds of people who may have defied evacuation orders.
October 11, 2018
Technology, Safety
Self-dimming headlights were showcased at the New York Auto Show. (Michael Noble Jr./Bloomberg News)
Self-Dimming Headlights Could Be Coming to US
Self-dimming headlights were showcased at the New York Auto Show. (Michael Noble Jr./Bloomberg News)
U.S. auto safety regulators are moving to allow a new generation of brighter, self-dimming headlights that won’t blind other drivers on the road ahead. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is proposing to permit so-called adaptive driving beam headlights on new cars according to the agency.
October 11, 2018
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Fuel
Daimler Trucks North America gliders at a 2017 show. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
Four Democratic Representatives Seek IG Investigation of TTU Glider Study
Daimler Trucks North America gliders at a 2017 show. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
Four House Democrats have asked the Environmental Protection Agency Inspector General to investigate a glider truck study by a Tennessee Tech University researcher. The study already is the subject of a research misconduct investigation by the university.
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